2020 Table Tennis World Cup List: Ma Long leads Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to lose

Chinese player Ma Long is in the game.

Photo by An Yuan

　　China News Service, September 7th. The ITTF website recently announced the invitation list for the 2020 Men's and Women's Table Tennis World Cup.

In the men's roster, Malone leads, Fan Zhendong, Boll and other famous players are on the list; for women, Liu Shiwen will attack her sixth World Cup singles champion.

The specific list is as follows:

　　For men, this invitation list includes strong players such as Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Zhang Benzhihe, Niwa Hyoki, Lin Yunru, Zhuang Zhiyuan, Huang Zhenting, Zheng Rongzhi, Zhang Yuzhen, Hugo-Oldrano, Boll, Ocharov;

List of men invited.

　　The list of women invited has caused considerable controversy. In the announced list, Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling are on the list, while Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha are not.

In terms of other players, Dina Mesherif (Egypt), who holds the record of 8 African Cup championships, Petrisa Solga (Germany), who has won consecutive European Cup championships, and Sofia Polkanova, the highest ranked in Europe. Austria), back-to-back Pan American champion Adriana Diaz (Puerto Rico), and 2019 ITTF breakthrough star Zhang An have all been invited.

List of women invited.

　　The ITTF explained that due to the epidemic, this year's Asian Cup and Oceania Cup could not be held, so the ITTF made an invitation based on the world rankings.

Including 19-year-old Ito Mima, last year's Women's Table Tennis World Cup runner-up Zhu Yuling, Singapore veteran Feng Tianwei and Australian veteran Hong Jianfang were also invited.

　　Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, this year's world table tennis tournament was suspended.

However, in the restart plan previously announced by the ITTF, the 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup, 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup and 2020 ITTF Finals will bring table tennis matches back to the public eye.

　　The 2020 Men's Table Tennis World Cup will be held in China from November 13th to 15th. The Women's Table Tennis World Cup will be held from November 8th to 10th. The venue is also in China, but the specific city has not yet been determined.

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